Bundled payments: the outlook for 2020
Becker's Healthcare February 11, 2020
A recent article by ECG Management Consultants analyzes the bundled payment market in 2020.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on ECG’s website.
The bundled payment market expanded significantly in 2019 and will continue to do so in 2020. Growth was primarily driven by industry pressure to deliver value-based care through alternative payment models (APMs). The most recent numbers show that over 35% of US healthcare reimbursements flowed through APMs—a 52% increase from three years earlier. This evolution paved the way for bundled payments, a relatively low barrier-to-entry APM model. For payers and providers lacking experience in such value-based payment models, “episodes of care” are less...